The World Bank Group is supporting the development of the Framework through an initiative named “The Road to Kunming”. This complements the WBG’s rich operational engagement on biodiversity and ecosystems.

The Natural Capital Committee’s advice on taking a natural capital approach to attaining net zero.

The Forum was held in Kampala on 18 and 19 November 2019 and it brought together over 100 high-level participants. 

The 4th Forum on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) for Better Policy brought together over 100 high-level participants working on NCA and sustainable landscape management on 18-19 November 2019 in Kampala, Uganda.

Representatives from 18 African countries committed to create a new Community of Practice on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) in Africa. 

Many businesses will welcome the UK’s new emphasis on integrating biodiversity into investment decisions, but action needs to be accelerated and investment expanded if we are to attain the sustainable societies that we envy in some of our northern European neighbour countries, argues Malcolm Robertson, principal ecologist and James MacGregor, environmental economist, at Ramboll.

An assessment which calculates how much Scotland's natural capital is worth has been carried out for the first time, estimated at £273bn.